Digital multilingualism and platform governance /
Leung, Janny,
Digital multilingualism and platform governance / Janny H.C. Leung. - 1 online resource (77 pages) : illustrations (colour), digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge elements. Elements in forensic linguistics, 2634-7334 . - Cambridge elements. Elements in forensic linguistics. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Open access.
As custodians of global public discourse today, transnational tech platforms govern who may speak, to whom, and how. While they have helped document and revitalize minoritized languages and connect diasporic communities, they also make language-related decisions that can disproportionately disadvantage speakers of those languages. On platforms like Facebook, non-English users navigate a linguistic environment where content moderation is often severely under-resourced compared to that available to English speakers. They may not receive warnings about disinformation or disturbing content, may not be told about what rules apply, and may have their content wrongly removed because neither human moderators nor automated systems can understand their language. This book examines forms of global linguistic justice that platforms create and reproduce, highlighting a critical dimension of structural inequality in contemporary platform governance.
Specialized.
9781009263177
10.1017/9781009263177 doi
Social media--Social aspects.
Multilingualism.
Forensic linguistics.
HM851 / .L4 2026
302.231
Digital multilingualism and platform governance / Janny H.C. Leung. - 1 online resource (77 pages) : illustrations (colour), digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge elements. Elements in forensic linguistics, 2634-7334 . - Cambridge elements. Elements in forensic linguistics. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Open access.
As custodians of global public discourse today, transnational tech platforms govern who may speak, to whom, and how. While they have helped document and revitalize minoritized languages and connect diasporic communities, they also make language-related decisions that can disproportionately disadvantage speakers of those languages. On platforms like Facebook, non-English users navigate a linguistic environment where content moderation is often severely under-resourced compared to that available to English speakers. They may not receive warnings about disinformation or disturbing content, may not be told about what rules apply, and may have their content wrongly removed because neither human moderators nor automated systems can understand their language. This book examines forms of global linguistic justice that platforms create and reproduce, highlighting a critical dimension of structural inequality in contemporary platform governance.
Specialized.
9781009263177
10.1017/9781009263177 doi
Social media--Social aspects.
Multilingualism.
Forensic linguistics.
HM851 / .L4 2026
302.231